The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-09-15

Lake City Reporter: LAke City ships 100
pounds Of hides every week. The CitiSane are
tberefoee quite anxiom to have tannery stab
lished. =. The manufacture Of she's weuN be .
paying industry ia Lake City In connection with
. tannery. s-A---s-.-
Cedar Key Gulf VSec Considerable prepa-
ration is being made for the oyster trade about
TO opsn.. Fish orders are coming In lively, bot
hsh are scarce, In consequence OF the recent
sto my weather Cedar Key 10 entering ON Q
career ot renewed prosperity.
Stark Telegraph: In few weeks we are 10
have National Bank with . capital Of e50,00o.
locai d in Stark. Several gentlemen representing
alerge business firm, under the hrm name OF Iru-
by, Siernburg & Co., have already arranged for
bpsin' ! ere and are preparing to settle here
with their Emilies. (
-Titusville Sun. The telegraph poles are be-
ing put up rapidly between here and Jupiter. 1t
viii not be long before communication will be
had with the latter point. Mr. Hersey. OF the
day with the sloop Magic. loaded with wire for
the Jupiter lnlet telegraph line.
-Orauge City Times: Now is the time to set
out straw berry plants for next seasons crop.
The ground should be thoroughly prepared and
well fortified before hand and the ground
worked At least twice . month until they BIOS
SON, for your crop will depend upon how thor
oughly this work is done
Live Oak Banner Colonel Joseph g
White has returned from his trip 10 New York,
and his father, Judge J. F. White, is spending
few weeks in the mountains OF Tennessee. He
APPOINTED Colonel W. g. Handy commissioner
20 attend to any business that might come up in
bis court from this county during his absence.
-Daytona Journal: Having received new
moIlds and composition kettles, we are now
prepared 10 cast any size rollers needed, either
The brethren who need
new rollers can nov send In their orders and
they will be promptly attended to. Rollers
warranted. w w. Carter has purchased lot
on Volusa avenue, and is preparing TO build
printing house, photograph gallery and residence
on IL
-Eusiis Lake Region The postmaster at
Wilderness complains because his quarterly sal
ary is only five dollars. Does he want the
whole earth, and want il on toast at that D..
We take pleasure in adding the World to our
exchange list. Ii is large we'll edited paper,
and seems to have considerable advertising pat
ronage Il is published in New York by Mr..
Joseph Pulitzer. and is q credit TO the town.
We wish il much success.
-Fernandina Mirror A tripto the 8 inch
sriesisn well disclosed the fact that the con-
tractors are driving in q stratum mostly COM
posed of blue clay. The we'll is now 26O feet
deep Work on the jetties at the entrance to
Cumberland Sound will cease in q short time,
exhausted. The cargo carried by the Rio
Grapde this week was probably the heaviest ever
taken from this port. 1t consisted of 400,314
feet lumber, $50 cases cedar, Is logs cedar and
cherry, 139 logs red bay. AZ barrels rosin, bar
rels spirits, so packages merchandise.
Orlando Sentinel One hundred and fifty
six rev Eo. CTS had been registered in this city
I'D 10 this morning. :. Some hard work is being
done on both sides preparatory to the " wet or
dry election to be held in this city and county
Sept 22d... Judge Bryan issued twenty one
marriage licenses during the month OF August.
Eleven Of the coup'es were white and ten col
cred Capt ]. W. Mott will set out SEQ Kel-
sew ~ n trees this season. He save that he has
no room for them but will put them in fence
corners and other out of the way places. de
will not regret ii, as the Kelsey plum is one Of
the most delicious and prolific Florida fruits
Clear Water Harbor Times We understand
the crop of elephants is going to be large this
fall The farmers. are beginning to look
around for mills and other necessary fixtures
for working up their sugar-cane. :. "A mixture
Of about equal parts of common sense and
brass" is the proper thing to ensure success.
We know who has it. All the Clear Water
bows" have left the Mary Disston. We learn
that she will hereafter be manned by crew of
darkies," except the captain and engineer.
Iftbere is any demand for " freak of nature, it
can be supplied from this vicinity. 1t has the
faculty of forgetting, in an instant, just anything
il wishes 10, while its mind retains and extra
ordinary brilliancy in regard to such facts as it
deems desirable.
KEY West Democrat: Mr. John B. Maloney,
one OF Key Vests bright and energetic young
men, left last Wednesday night on the Mascotte
for Philadelphia, where he will spend four years
or more al medical collge. Infatuated with
the profession, and with his extent of brightness.
Johnny, we know, will succeed. There is
quite a pretty little key-all sand-of about
twelve acres. lying between Key West and Stock
Island on the south, which was entered few
years ago by DR.. Harris, who has about thous-
and cocoanut trees growing on It. The trees
are about one year old, and all seems to be do
ing well We were shown the seed of Rus
sian watermelon. They are the smallest We
ever saw-about one-ienth the size OF the seed of
the ordinary watermelon in fact the seed are so
small that there is no use of removing them
when eating the melons
-Palatka Ners: A party Of wealthy Cubans,
occupying two Pullman sleeping cars, passed
through the city yesterday en- route to Havana.
They were returning from an European tour, and
had also visited Saratoga and other places in this
country Among the number were Mr.. Fer
nando Heydrick, owner of the viaduct works at
Maianzas, with his family; DR.. Domingo F. De
Cubas, one of Havana's leading medical profes-
sOrs and delegate TO the Nj dical Congress, with
his family; Mr.. Evarsto Yduate, Auditor of the
Cienfuegos and Santa Clara Railway; Mr.. Man.
uel Alyaro, chief of the engineers corps Of Ha-
vana, with his daughter; Miss Manuela Saladri-
gas, sister Of The famous orator and popular
leader, ID. Carlos Saladrgas, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Andres Lima. OF the elite of Havana. Mr.. r. 0.
Curry, the Key West millionaire, accompanied
by bis wife and sister. are also among the party.
The party were 10 take the Plant Line steamer
al Tampa last night and will be at home to-day.
-Leesburg Commercial !. Leesburg has we'll
drilled military company, an efficient fire COM
panY, with q steamer, a most excellent brass
band. crack base ball club, &c. Leesburg is
nothing IL not live town in every respect. "A
case Of dn't-know-it was-loaded " occurred
Al Lady Lake Sunday. A. Pennington and
Tom Sigh had been chatting" each other,
when, Is the latter was csming out Of the dining
room, the former picked up his shotgun and lev
Pennington had been shooting bats with it the
day before and had left II unloaded. But Tom
Rligh's younger brother had loaded 1t with duck
shot, and, IN consequence, Tom saved his life by
lodging suddenly backwards. The load tore
plug out of his right arm just below the shoulder,
producing an ugly, but not serious wound. Had
Tom not lodged the lead would have lodged In
his breast and Pennington would now have been
in fail for murder.
Orlando Reporter: Wekiva is the name OF
new post Office in Orange county. 1t is located
seven miles from Orlando On the line of the T..
o. & A. railroad at Wekiva Station. w. L
Palmer is the newly appointed postmaster
This gentleman will also open q store there at
the same date. Wekiva Ia progressing and new
improvements are going on all about there.
Mr.. w. N. Watson, OF Campbels, Fla, passed
through Orlando with q carload Of 80 head of
goats for Campbells, from Valdosta, Ga. Mr..
Watson is e: perimeuting. and thinks goats and